Meren, a Central Reserve Police Force jawan from Nagaland, takes a break during the Majlis Bachao Tahreek campaign in Hyderabad.
A vendor pours sattu (a staple drink made out of black gram) for security guards posted outside a polling station in Patna.
Policemen watch from behind a stage, as Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar addresses a public meeting in Mumbai.
Policemen await the arrival of the AIADMK chief Jayalalitha in Chennai.
Soldiers stand guard at an election rally chaired by Farooq Abdullah, the president of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference, in Srinagar.
Indian Reserve Battalion personnel from Manipur relax on their arrival at a polling station.
A securityman walks the red carpet with a sniffer dog behind the scenes of a Narendra Modi rally in Assam.
A policeman on election duty takes a quick nap on a bench inside a classroom in Hyderabad.
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